01:615:371 Lecture Notes - Linguistic Determinism, Hooj Choons, Lip Reading
24 Nov 2013
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Language is the mold into which the mind is poured (heinrich 1837) People"s thoughts are determined by the catergories and structures provide by the language. The categories and structures of your language allow you to think. If you have no language you have no categories, no structures. Diff languages are different and differences among languages will have implications for the way ppl think. The strongest version is that language affects your thoughts and your categories. Sort of medium version is that language affects memory; linguistic terms for something might help you remember something. Weakest version is categories in language you use affects or directs your language. Animals can think, e. g. raven"s theory of mind (tom): can trick other ravens. Experiment by psychologists to see if ravens could distinguish colors; the ravens who knew what they were doing could open the correct canisters and get the food out. Tricked the dominant raven from swooping in and eating his food.
